Particle Distribution Characteristics and Hydration Mechanism of Cement-Based Paste Subjected to Mechanical Vibrations
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 34, Issue 1
Abstract
Mechanical vibrations have a significant impact on the performance of cement-based materials in engineering. In this study, the particle distribution characteristics and hydration mechanism of cement-based paste during mechanical vibrations were clarified, including examination of hardened properties and thermodynamic modeling. X-ray fluorescence was used to determine the distribution of raw material particles. Differential thermal analysis was employed to characterize the in situ hydration process of paste. Thermodynamic modeling determines the dependency between raw material distribution and the corresponding hydration process. The results indicated that low-frequency vibrations extend the setting time and induce lower flexural strength of cement paste during early ages. Mechanical vibrations result in significant inhomogeneous distribution of element content, which was attributed to the difference in raw material composition. The hydration degree after mechanical vibrations decreased the pore-size distribution of hardened paste. The calculated particle distributions were inconsistent with the obtained hydration process and porosity development.
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Acknowledgments
The authors acknowledge the financial support by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (No. 2016YFC0305101), the Yang Fan Innovation and Entrepreneurial Research Team Project (No. 201312C12), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (WUT:2017II51GX), and the State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures (Wuhan University of Technology). The authors also thank the GEMS Development Team and PSI for development of GEM-Selektor. The authors thank Barbara Lothenbach and Frank Winnefeld for cement applications of GEMS and the establishment of Cemdata version 18.01.
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